Hello everyone, as this is my first post here. I currently have an extremely outdated system.
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 2.00GHZ
2 GB of memory
Radeon X1300 Graphics card
160GB hard drive
Now I will be upgrading this dinosaur around tax time next year.
A couple of questions......
1.) Should I be asking this question next year, as tech is being updated as fast as Usain Bolt.
2.) If I could get 1 of these 2 gaming systems, which would you guys approve of?
System 1:
Intel i7 CPU : Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core) 8000K
Intel i7 CPU Fans : Thermaltake P0532 Copper Base & Heat Pipes Socket 1366 CPU fan
Intel i7 Motherboards : MSI X58 Pro, DDR3, Cross Fire, GB LAN, iEEE
DDR3 Triple Channel memory : 3GB (3x1GB) PC3 8500 DDR3 1066 Triple Channel
PCI-Express Video cards : GeForce 9400GT 1GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, tv out
Hard Drives : 1000.0GB Maxtor/ Seagate 7200rpm SATA2 UDMA 300 32m Cache
DVD Recorders : Lite On 20x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW
DVD Recorders : Lite On 20x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW
Media Card Readers : 12-in-1 Memory Card Reader Internal Black
Sound Cards : Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1
Network Cards : Ethernet network adapter (onboard)
Cases : APEVIA X-Cruiser Black, Side Window, front USB,iEEE,Temp control
Power Supply : Thermaltake Puerpower 500W ATX Power Supply
Total Price: US $1,132.00
System 2:
AMD 64 CPU AM2+/ AM3 : AMD Phenom II 940 3.0GHz (Quad Core) 45nm, AM2+ 6MB Cache
AMD 64 CPU Fans : OCZ Vanquisher Intel EXTRA QUIET Vertical HeatPipe Copper fan
AMD 64 AM2+/AM3 Motherboards : ASUS M3N72-D ,Onboard Video, HDMI, SLI PCI-EX, GB LAN, iEEE
DDR2 memory : 8GB (4x2GB) PC5300 DDR2 667 Dual Channel
PCI-Express Video cards : GeForce 9400GT 1GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, tv out
Hard Drives : 1000.0GB Maxtor/ Seagate 7200rpm SATA2 UDMA 300 32m Cache
DVD Recorders : Lite On 20x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW
DVD Recorders : Lite On 20x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW
Media Card Readers : 12-in-1 Memory Card Reader Internal Black
Sound Cards : Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1
Network Cards : Ethernet network adapter (onboard)
Cases : APEVIA X-Cruiser Black, Side Window, front USB,iEEE,Temp control
Power Supply : Thermaltake Puerpower 500W ATX Power Supply
Total price: US $968.00
Now both of these systems are coming from MICRO ONE COMPUTERS on e-bay where you can configure it yourself. I tried to make both of them similar. But the only thing that's not similar is the price difference, which is $164.00.
So.......what do you think?
AMD Athlon XP 2600+ 2.00GHZ
2 GB of memory
Radeon X1300 Graphics card
160GB hard drive
Now I will be upgrading this dinosaur around tax time next year.
A couple of questions......
1.) Should I be asking this question next year, as tech is being updated as fast as Usain Bolt.
2.) If I could get 1 of these 2 gaming systems, which would you guys approve of?
System 1:
Intel i7 CPU : Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz (Quad Core) 8000K
Intel i7 CPU Fans : Thermaltake P0532 Copper Base & Heat Pipes Socket 1366 CPU fan
Intel i7 Motherboards : MSI X58 Pro, DDR3, Cross Fire, GB LAN, iEEE
DDR3 Triple Channel memory : 3GB (3x1GB) PC3 8500 DDR3 1066 Triple Channel
PCI-Express Video cards : GeForce 9400GT 1GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, tv out
Hard Drives : 1000.0GB Maxtor/ Seagate 7200rpm SATA2 UDMA 300 32m Cache
DVD Recorders : Lite On 20x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW
DVD Recorders : Lite On 20x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW
Media Card Readers : 12-in-1 Memory Card Reader Internal Black
Sound Cards : Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1
Network Cards : Ethernet network adapter (onboard)
Cases : APEVIA X-Cruiser Black, Side Window, front USB,iEEE,Temp control
Power Supply : Thermaltake Puerpower 500W ATX Power Supply
Total Price: US $1,132.00
System 2:
AMD 64 CPU AM2+/ AM3 : AMD Phenom II 940 3.0GHz (Quad Core) 45nm, AM2+ 6MB Cache
AMD 64 CPU Fans : OCZ Vanquisher Intel EXTRA QUIET Vertical HeatPipe Copper fan
AMD 64 AM2+/AM3 Motherboards : ASUS M3N72-D ,Onboard Video, HDMI, SLI PCI-EX, GB LAN, iEEE
DDR2 memory : 8GB (4x2GB) PC5300 DDR2 667 Dual Channel
PCI-Express Video cards : GeForce 9400GT 1GB PCI EXpress 16X dual head, tv out
Hard Drives : 1000.0GB Maxtor/ Seagate 7200rpm SATA2 UDMA 300 32m Cache
DVD Recorders : Lite On 20x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW
DVD Recorders : Lite On 20x DVD Recorder Dual Layer +R/RW -R/RW
Media Card Readers : 12-in-1 Memory Card Reader Internal Black
Sound Cards : Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1
Network Cards : Ethernet network adapter (onboard)
Cases : APEVIA X-Cruiser Black, Side Window, front USB,iEEE,Temp control
Power Supply : Thermaltake Puerpower 500W ATX Power Supply
Total price: US $968.00
Now both of these systems are coming from MICRO ONE COMPUTERS on e-bay where you can configure it yourself. I tried to make both of them similar. But the only thing that's not similar is the price difference, which is $164.00.
So.......what do you think?